Our New Kitchen

The time has come to completely rework our kitchen. This will involve in this order, but that could change.


  1. Rip up floor tiles.
  2. Repair/replace the hole in the ceiling where the sky light was. 
  3. Remove the sliding door and frame.
  4. Remove all of the existing benches, sinks, cupboards, stove and cook top.
  5. Remove exhaust fan and replace that section of ceiling.
  6. Get contractor to put in new gas pipe for the new gas hob. 
  7. Get contractor to put in new power point for the microwave. 
  8. Repaint all walls and ceilings. 
  9. Install new cupboards and benches.
  10. Buy new stove, range-hood, dishwasher, microwave.
  11. Get the custom bench top measured and fitted.
  12. Install electrical appliances. 
  13. Rip up the tiles in the passage way, and pull up the carpets in the dining and family rooms.
  14. Lay new floor tiles in all of those rooms.
  15. Take care of anything else that pops up along the way.

Once that has been completed we will knock the bar down in the lounge room and convert the alcove  behind the bar into a cupboard to store the DVD player and the DVD's we have.

Please check back every now and then to check our progress.

Andrew

Thursday, November 26, 2009

The tiles are all gone.

At last, the tiles are almost gone. I have only a few
more tiles near the toilet and bathroom and they are gone. Here are a few photos
of them and the bare floor.

The last photo is of a panorama reaching from the front
door to the toilet door. These photos can be clicked to see a larger image.


Me at rest.


Tiles all gone.


The attempted panorama


Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Removing the old unused skylight.

The skylight before removing the surround
frame.

Another view of the skylight.

Cutting the gyprock to cover the hole.

The replacement timbers are in place.

The hole was not square and the edges not
straight, so it took a while to get the sheet to fit.

All screwed in place, now to fill the gap and
sand smooth.

The last of the kitchen tiles.

On the weekend I removed the last of the tiles that where under the fridge.
Now to start in the passage way.

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

The tiles are removed from the floor.

The first tile is broken.

 

Another view of the first day.

 

A few more done but it's very hard work.

 

Cleaning up after the first day.

 

It is so hard going.

 

This bench is going and those tiles.

 

I went out and bought a power tool to help and it is so much better now.

 

I only have the tiles under the fridge to remove and the floor is all done.

I have to clean up the rest of the tile cement.

 

 

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

The first footage of Rhiannon breaking the very first tile in the kitchen.



The damage so far.


Time for a bigger hammer.